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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : variant of Weide, meaning either ‘willow’ or ‘open country’, + -er denoting a person.
  • Dutch : occupational name for a shepherd or herdsman, Middle Dutch weider.
  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from German Weide ‘willow tree’ (see Weide 3).

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